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American math teacher invites Indians to blow the trumpet on 2/2/22

Right after the sobering arithmetic of the Budget Day, the quirky... Read More
MUMBAI: Right after the sobering arithmetic of the Budget Day, the quirky math associated with February 2 will bring smiles to music lovers in India.

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Ron Gordon

, a retired teacher of mathematics from California, USA, has invited Indians to join him in celebrating a fun new day this Wednesday. February 2, 2022, reads 2/2/22, which is designated as Trumpet Day given its sound effect -- too, too, too-too!

"No one needs a trumpet to celebrate the day. Just two lips and vocal cords to be able to sing out 'to to to toooo!'" he laughs.


"Trumpet Days are rare," Ron says. "We have only two true Trumpet Days in a century, 2/22/2 and 2/2/22. Two others merit recognition: 2/2/2 is but a toot short, and the upcoming February 22, 2022, or 2/22/22 is a little too(t) long," he laughs.


Here in India, stalwart instrumentalist

Louiz Banks

was an accomplished trumpeter who later took to the piano. He laughed in amusement when TOI informed him about the phonetic link. "I love the association that is being made between 2/2/22 and the musical instrument. The sound is indeed very close to the trumpet, so it is appropriate in a funny way! In fact, I wish this was made an annual celebration, then people would dedicate February 2 in honour of the trumpet. It is such a beautiful instrument," Banks said. His favourite song on it is 'Besame Mucho'.
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Ron meanwhile has devised a Trumpet Day contest on his website www.trumpetday.net which features their largest prize ever, $2,222. Contest entries must be submitted within 2+2+22 days of Trumpet Day -- from January 20, 2022, through February 15, 2022.

Always on the lookout for curious date connections, Ron had earlier initiated

Square Root Day

on April 4, 2016, which reads 4/4/16. He had designated it so because four is the square root of 16.

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The professor says he always gets a heartening response from India to these special days -- and indeed from the Indian diaspora settled in the USA. The number of views and hits on his website from our country tend to peak around these occasions.


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